"father figure" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-father figure.ogg Forms: father figures [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} father figure (plural father figures)
  1. One who represents, behaves as, or is regarded as equivalent to a father for another person or group of people. Categories (topical): People, Stock characters Synonyms: father-figure Related terms: authority figure, role model Translations (one who represents, behaves as, or is regarded as a father): faderfigur [common-gender] (Danish), vaderfiguur [masculine] (Dutch), isähahmo (Finnish), figure de père [feminine] (French), Vaterfigur [feminine] (German), Übervater [masculine] (German), patraster [masculine] (Latin), farsfigur [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), farsfigur [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), autorytet [masculine] (Polish), figura paterna [feminine] (Portuguese), fadersgestalt [common-gender] (Swedish), fadersfigur [common-gender] (Swedish), ffigwr tadol [masculine] (Welsh)

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